Lunch kit



E. H. WILLIAMSON AND T. N. RICHARDSON.

LUNCH KIT. APPL'wATmN FILED NOV.9,1920. 1,420,598. Patented June 20,1922.

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aftozneqa EDWARD H. WILLIAMSON AND TOLBI ERT.N. RICHARDSON,

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENN SYLVANIA; SAID RICHARDSON ASSIGNOB TO SAIDWILLIAMSON Y 1 IILIUNCH KIT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWA D H. l/VILLIAM- son and TOLBERT N. RICHARDSON,citizens of the United States, and residents of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in LunchKits, of which the following is a speclfication.

Our invention concerns lunch boxes or kits in which the top or covermember is provided with means for holding a thermos bottle or the likewithin the top, and one object of our invention is to provide an eflicient form of holder which is combined with the top in such manner as topresent a good appearance and not to alter or mar the general appearanceof the box or kit. Other objects of the invention will be clear from thefollowing description:

The invention is shown In the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 isa plan View of the the cover or top thrown back.

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view.

Figure 3 is a view of a detail.

In these drawings, 1 indicates the main body of the box and 2'the coveror top secbox with tion which is hinged to the body at 3. This topsection is of considerable height and is adapted to receive Within it athermos bottle or the like, this bottle being supported entirely abovethe plane of the main bodyportion so as to leave this entirely availablefor receiving its contents, such as materials making up the lunch. Inorder to hold the thermos bottle, the outline of which is indicated at4:, we provide a holder consisting of a wire member having the two sides5, each of which is turned substantially at right angles at its end toform a journal 6. These journals find bearings in the wall of the top ofcoverv section by pressing 1n the wall at the points 7. It will be notedthat the two sides 5 converge from the points where they are hinged orjournalled to the side of the top section, and they are connected by across piece 8, this cross piece being a continuation'of the sides 5. The

' cross piece is adapted to take under a locking projection 9 which isconveniently formed by pressing in the wall of the side of the tosection. The cross piece 8 is of angular orm, its central portion 9lying in rear of its portions 10 where'the cross piece merges into thesides 5 and this construction facilitates the engagement of the cross'is' a little shorter than the nals of the Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Jun 20 1922 Application filed November 9., 1920. Serialno. 422,816. i

piece with the locking ,projection on the side of the cover; fThelocking projection length or" the cross piece and the inclines crosspiece, when pressure is exerted to effect the locking action, will rideover the curved ends of the locking projection and thus get in positionbelow the same so as to retain the holder in place.- 1 i The bearingsformed by indenting the wall of the top section. to receive thejourholder provides a simple and effective construction and one .whichwill enable the holder to be placed in position readily, and it will beat 11 of the;

indented bearing portions of the wall of' the top section lie back ofthe members 12v which'form portions of the clasps which are employed forholding the free edge of the top section in connection with the mainbody. In other words, thetop or cover section is provided with claspsand these keepers overlie and hide the bearings in which the holdingmember is journalled, so that the appearance of the cover section is notinterfered with at these points. I

keepers 12v of thes Y The bearings for the holder are located i atwidely separated points, and the sides 5 of the holder are convergentfrom these points towards the opposite side of the top or cover section,and by this construction widely separate bearings or engaging points areprovided for contact withthe thermos bottle or other article which is tobe so that this will be held firmly in position.

carried It will be understood that the above description and the drawingaccompanying the. same are to be regarded as illustrative of ourinvention and not asrestricting it to the precise constructiondisclosed, the

scope of the invention being defined by the appended claims. We do notlimit ourselves to the location of the bearings so widely separate asillustrated norto the form or location of the clasp means employed forholding the top or cover section I closed.

We claim as our invention 1. A lunch box comprising a body and a tophinged thereto, clasps for securing the top to the body, members of saidclasps being mounted on the top, and a ho1der for a thermos bottle orthe like, comprising a member hingedto the free or unhinged side of thetop back'of the clasp membersthere I on and means on the hinged side ofthe top to engage the free end of the holder to retain the same in placesubstantially as described. 7

2. In combination with a lunch box having a bodymember and a coverhinged thereto, a holder for a thermos bottle or the like, comprising aWire member having two. sides with pintles journaled to one side wall ofthe cover and connected by a cross piece of angular fOIIIItWitll itscenter portion receding and providing inclines 11 and a lockingPIOJBCUOH to engage the saldcross bar carried by the slde Wall of thecover,

said locking projection being shorter than tures.

EDWARD H. WILLIAMSON. TOLBERT N. RICHARDSON

